Yangon: A court in military-ruled Myanmar jailed American journalist Danny Fenster for 11 years , his lawyer and his employer said Friday. Danny Fenster, 37, is the managing editor of online magazine ‘Frontier Myanmar’. Fenster is the first Western journalist sentenced to prison in recent years in Myanmar. “There is absolutely no basis to convict Danny of these charges,” said Thomas Kean, editor-in-chief of ‘Frontier Myanmar’. The American is among dozens of journalists who were detained in Myanmar after protests and strikes erupted following the coup.

Source: CNN November 12, 2021 13:20 UTC